This little project was created during the WikiMedia GameJam 2015. The task was to create a prototypic game implementation using free knowledge.
It is a prototypic implementation of an RPG that allows you to explore 2D maps, interact with (static) NPCs and read information on signs. Every map has an entity (e.g., a person, city, building, ...) that information on the signs can be about. This information is downloaded from DBPedia and then displayed on the signs. Additionally the player is asked to guess the name of entities in a minigame, where several facts are displayed after a certain amount of time.
MegaJules3000 is built using a JavaScript frontend connecting to a Python webserver. You need pip and NodeJS 4 to be setup on your Computer in order to be able to execute the project Additionally, you have to execute the following commands in a terminal in the project directory to setup the project:
pip install -r requirements.txt
npm install -g grunt-cli, bower
cd frontend/
npm install & bower install
Afterwards you can start the python server from the server/ directory:
cd server/
python main.py
And the webserver from the frontend directory:
cd frontend/
grunt serve
Our code is published under CC BY 4.0
- Character Sprites by Philipp Lenssen (released under CC BY 3.0; available here)
- Environmental sprites by Ayene-chan (released under CC BY 3.0; see separate files for links)
- Environmental sprites by painhurt (released under CC BY NC 3.0; see separate files for links)
Sorry for the hacks - it were only 24 hours, after all :-)
In order to improve performance while playing, our server can use a cache file with information downloaded from DBPedia in advance.
An example cache file can be found at server/mock/pre-cached entities/fact.cache.
This cache file has to be placed at server/tmp/fact.cache in order to be used by the server.